Showing posts with label moon viewing party. Show all posts
Showing posts with label moon viewing party. Show all posts

Monday, October 8, 2018

Remembering the Dottie Dots








Dottie, mighty huntress, Editor in Chief, Haiku Bandit Society, Judge Emeritus, Dottie Dot Monthly Moon Viewing Party and Haiku competition, an International celebrity on five continents and able to smell a chicken bone beneath four feet of snow. Bodhisattva ...
Send your remembrances in the form of a moon haiku. We'll display them close to Bonfire Day.

You can leave your poems here, in comments ::: Bandit @ Haiku Bandit Society.
















Full moon naked
above the naked tree
O for a naked mind!

Anthony Weir









from red to black,
loose leaves and pitted brick --
the thirteenth night


bandit








before man
walked on the moon
the cottage couch

blutoque








misty midnight
wandering outside
to speak with the moon
t.migratorius









half moon -
reading the billboards
eyes fuse off

Devika








blue moon
stories from once
upon a time

Cara Holman








honeycomb moon --
the rain so sticky
on their faces


Ljudmila Hristova










phosphorescence
tide fish streak the moon

Barbara A. Taylor







hovering
in a UFO photograph
the moon

John Merryfield







full moon
her water breaks
silently

melissa allen








drinking
his eyes
meet
the moon

Daniel Py,








dawn drizzle,
the breakfast chemistry set -
an amber moon


comrade harps








the heat . . .
a little less moon than
the night before last


Bill Kenney








Through the misery moon
At last united with
Those Far Towns' eyes

Tito







pearl diver
a full breath,
a full moon

el coyote







full moon -
into bat's shadow
a little moth


Ilko Chukov







two sentinels
in the city zone
twilight moon

sprite







hay cutting moon
the scarecrow waves
to no one


angie werren








gum leaf stencil –
the moon almost
full

Anne Elvey










full moon
a missing pancake
in the morning

Radka Mindova









full moon
from somewhere together
a siren and dog


Adelaide B. Shaw









moonviewing
nobody shows up
but the moon

Pamela A. Babusci









ants
in spilled milk
long dry moon

angie werren










moonless night
the lake throws out
a fish bone

Radka Mindova








ciel absent -
je m'invente une lune
toujours croissante


absent sky -
I sketch myself a moon
forever waxing

sprite








first frost
between the moon and me
the angle of repose

Melissa Allen








super moon
pulling ordinary people
out of bed

Peter Newton







lost in translation--
sparkles from Basho’s moon
in the puddle

Maya Lyubenova








full moon
the cat`s shadow
sliding down the gutter

Ljudmila Hristova









last fruit moon
the mouse trap
lands upside down

angie werren








summer solitude
nothing between
the moon and me

BILL KENNEY









Maui moon watch
against a thousand stones
the sound of the sea

Rick Daddario








veiled full moon
I pretend to be
someone else

Adelaide







father
quiet by the gardenia...
quinceañera moon

vida








moonlight
on the fox’s tail
winter wheat

Melissa Allen








moon struck
how the words glow
from my friends

Merrill Ann Gonzales







Easter moon
vinca covers the grave
of the frozen swallow

Vida






skyscrapers—
stepping down the stairs
with the full moon

Pravat Kumar Padhy







words, tears
and sleet in the wind
this winter moon

Paul Conneally








somehow
our shrinking shadows touch--
harvest moon

Alegria Imperial








moon rabbit
among the summer stars
my birth year tattoo


rick daddario







wet behind the ears still the moon tonight

sanjuktaa









muggy night
spitting watermelon seeds
at the full moon

pat nelson







cloud-smudged moon -
a breath
on the mirror

sanjuktaa







moonlit
the silence
of fishermen

comrade harps









grandmother moon
I can’t help wishing
for a gold tooth like hers

Melissa Allen







a deep quiet --
feet soaked with dew
in the moonlit grass

K. Brobeck








Moon-viewing
full and long -
winter solstice

冬至の夜長く豊かに月見かな

Hidenori Hiruta







From time to time
The clouds give rest
To the moon beholders

......Basho / trans. R.H. Blyth












Sunday, September 7, 2014

Harvest Moon Viewing Party 2014







from red to black,
loose leaves and pitted brick --
the thirteenth night






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You are cordially invited to our moon viewing party of 2014! The full moon rises Tuesday, September 9th, GMT.

To submit a poem (each submission remains the property of its author)
you may email us here: HAIKU BANDIT SOCIETY or post in comments.

Please include your pen name so we might accredit your poem properly. Happy moon gazing!




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honeycomb moon --
the rain so sticky
on their faces


Ljudmila Hristova

















lunar mountains sketched in cloud
our words
revoked

comrade harps









Monday, September 16, 2013

September 2013 Moon Viewing Party






















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You are cordially invited to our ninth moon viewing party of 2013! The full moon rises Thursday, September 19th, GMT.

To submit a poem (each submission remains the property of its author)
you may email us here: HAIKU BANDIT SOCIETY or post in comments.

Please include your pen name so we might accredit your poem properly. Happy moon gazing!


To see previous month's moon poems click here.


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hay cutting moon
the scarecrow waves
to no one


angie werren








agh, so soon again
moonbeams highlight
the dint in our car



Barbara A Taylor









full moon
from somewhere together
a siren and dog


Adelaide B. Shaw










singing moon
mama's breast
a lullaby


Wabi Sabi










I check my iPad
and watch the horizon
moon hunter


Rick.Daddario








on the autumn tree
only one leaf
a full moon



Ilko Chukov










harvest moon
so many shoppers looking
for bargains…



Stella Pierides









still opened windows
autumn moon rises
through the pines


Mary F.Ahearn








full moon...
pregnancy test
redundant


Radka Mindova









midnight moon -
the foxes will soon cross
to the hospice's gardens


a few pound coins
in my pocket for the bus fare
last night full moon


like a third eye
in the deepest darkness
shangri-la moon


sprite







ginger moon
the spice
in my autumn tea


Wabi Sabi








Monday, May 27, 2013

May 2013 Dottie Dot Awards












Dottie, the mascot and editor-in-chief of the Haiku Bandit Society, has determined the three best Moon Viewing Party poems for the month of May, 2013.

Forthwith, here, in order of their appearance, are the recipients of this month's Dottie Dot Awards!


To view previous month's winners click here.










icy night again
such madness,smoking
alone with the moon


Barbara A Taylor










stressful office hours
long rivers of red tail lights
black sky only moon


Matthew Thivierge










full moon
gazing at the last drops
of my coffee


Vessislava Savova








Monday, September 24, 2012

September 2012 Moon Viewing Party




















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You are cordially invited to our tenth moon viewing party of 2012! The full moon rises Saturday, September 29th, GMT.

To submit a poem (each submission remains the property of its author)
you may email us here: HAIKU BANDIT SOCIETY or post in comments.

Please include your pen name so we might accredit your poem properly. Happy moon gazing!


To see previous month's moon poems click here.


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early dark the moon sits in his chair alone

Melissa Allen











all these words still the same moon

angie werren





























Rick Daddario















harvest moon setting another place around the table

Margaret Dornaus





















torchless night
this moonlit walk
to the chook-pen

Barbara A Taylor













moon walker
do you still believe
in love?

Stella Pierides





















molasses moon-
the bread maker stuck
on "rise" cycle

Vida











casino moon
a token
for a hard days work

John Merryfield






















after the storm
a drifting boat
catches the moon

Christine L. Villa
















Of ripples
On the midnight river
The moon is making
Alphabet soup

Tito















even when
I'm not looking...
harvest moon

cara holman












Monday, August 27, 2012

August 2012 Moon Viewing Party II


















in view of the moon;
the gas flare's heated glow
lighting the Bakken




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You are cordially invited to our ninth moon viewing party of 2012! The full moon rises Friday, August 31st, GMT.

To submit a poem (each submission remains the property of its author)
you may email us here: HAIKU BANDIT SOCIETY or post in comments.

Please include your pen name so we might accredit your poem properly. Happy moon gazing!


To see previous month's moon poems click here.


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Apollo moon
on his footsteps
scent of roses


Asni












moon viewing party--
a dove couple and I
sharing silence

Vida











blue moon
stories from once
upon a time

Cara Holman










end of summer moon
everywhere I've ever been
a souvenir

angie werren











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Rick Daddario














blue moon
rides the clouds -
backing into a dream


Mary Frederick Ahearn












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Margaret Dornaus













souvenirs
among stacks of boxes
two full moons

Rick Daddario













early morning walk
a micro bat fleets across
the large blue moon

Barbara A Taylor













Friday, June 1, 2012

June 2012 Moon Viewing Party



















prairie moon-
faces reflected
in seas of grain




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You are cordially invited to our sixth moon viewing party of 2012! The full moon rises Monday, June 4th, GMT.

To submit a poem (each submission remains the property of its author)
you may email us here: HAIKU BANDIT SOCIETY or post in comments.

Please include your pen name so we might accredit your poem properly. Happy moon gazing!


To see previous month's moon poems click here.


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strawberry moon
all that remains
of last night's dream

Cara Holman










melted ice cream
dripping on the table
waning moon

Vida










the moon, due west
sparrows roost
beneath each bridge deck

maikindazen









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iris











a bowl of cream this ripe strawberry moon


rose this old-fashioned moon


angie werren









summer sky
a silver dollar floats
in my window

Rick Daddario










a full silver sphere
but sadly the chooks
have not returned

Barbara A Taylor








peony moon
how the blooms get
weighed down

.
full moon
the way peonies
pray

Stella Pierides








looking in my window
face to face
with the moon

asni








goblin moon
your hollow eyes
time haunted

Carole Johnston









june moon
imagination at work
under umbrella

Kris Kennedy









sixteen tonight
brighter than May's super moon

Yousei Hime








steamed bun moon
how fragrant the world tastes
in wet lilac breeze

alotus-poetry












Sunday, February 5, 2012

February 2012 Moon Viewing Party


















midnight moon
the rise and fall
of the straw man


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You are cordially invited to our second moon viewing party of 2012!
The full moon rises Tuesday, February 7th, GMT.

To submit a poem (each submission remains the property of its author)
you may email us here: HAIKU BANDIT SOCIETY or post in comments.

Please include your pen name so we might accredit your poem properly. Happy moon gazing!


To see previous month's moon poems click here.


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jellyfish moon
in the winter ink sky
my breath

Rick Daddario










Christmas moon—
the cake for everyone
with all brightness





full moon--
the mother clings
to newly born





veiled moon--
sky staring with
blinking eyes


P K Padhy, India










ice moon
blue patched jeans hang
like stalactites

Barbara A Taylor










murky pond
the moon smothered
under lily pads

sanjuktaa









the Moon
phases of the Moon barefoot
the sleep walker





the dawn divided
the night from the day honeymoon
in the mountains

Tatjana Debeljacki
Srbija








night shift
just that crazy white moon
and me

pat nelson









the same face again -
clear midnight blue

comrade harps









wearing white
at the moon party –
moonflower

.
hungry
at the party we eat
the moon
.
Stella Pierides










I've waited
sliver by sliver for
this fool's moon


ephemeral snow -
just your face now moon
to whiten my dreams

sprite























Gillena Cox









cloud veiled moon only a moment to view halo

Yousei Hime








the ocean night
a doorway to the universe
and moon

Rick Daddario









where is your comfort
in your smoke and flame?
the Dragon's moon

slow-is-fast









Thursday, September 8, 2011

September 2011 Moon Viewing Party

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softly
we mount the icy stair --
moonlight
darkest in its depths
lightens our cautious step





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You are cordially invited to our ninth moon viewing party of 2011!
The full moon rises Monday, September 12th, GMT.

To submit a poem (each submission remains the property of its author)
you may email us here: HAIKU BANDIT SOCIETY or post in comments.

Please include your pen name so we might accredit your poem properly. Happy moon gazing!



To see previous month's moon poems click here.


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moonviewing
nobody shows up
but the moon

Pamela A. Babusci









another full moon
the same old
love affair

pat nelson








under a waxing harvest moon
in a field of crickets
a man talking to himself

Tito








harvest moon --
wishing for it to fall
butter side up

Melissa Allen










harvest moon
I knead the bread on
grandma’s board

Vida









this pumpkin
as full as that, harvest
moon

Angie Werren








resilient moon
beams of hope and strength
on two blue columns

Barbara A. Taylor








silver moon
through autumn leaves
wallpaper

rick daddario









US Open
auntie sam wants you…
powering Pisces moon

Barbara A. Taylor








match point
the distance between
this moon and that

sanjuktaa









The full moon sets
as the sun rises
I face north
to follow a highway
a line on the earth
to separate seasons

maikindazen








a correspondence
til the end of my days
to the one
with whom I'm smitten
harvest moon

slow-is-fast








Full moon
Blowing past
In the gale

Brian Pike








somehow
our shrinking shadows touch--
harvest moon

Alegria Imperial








full September moon
shining into my room
love dreams

Adelaide B. Shaw




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